Wedding Cake Design Ideas

When you think of wedding cake design ideas, you are probably like most people and immediately envision the traditional layered cake with white frosting, faux flowers and multiple layers. However, these traditional cakes can cost into the thousands of dollars, and can seem a little impersonal. Also, because they tend to come ordered from a baker’s catalog you can’t be sure that you’re ordering a completely unique cake.

Unfortunately, each couple is unique and special, and the cake should reflect that uniqueness. As the centerpiece of the celebration of your love for each other, your wedding cake should reflect your relationship.

Alternative Wedding Cake Designs

If you’re not aiming for the traditional white wedding, maybe it’s time to think outside the box when it comes to wedding cake design ideas. You could try:

Colored cakes – One of the first decisions you make when planning a wedding is your color scheme. In addition to the primary white or color of the dress, you will have a couple of colors that run through everything from the flowers to the bridesmaids’ dresses. Use these colors to inspire your cake. For example, if you have lilac and green as your colors, your cake might be decorated by with lilacs and frosting greenery.

A story or themed cake – Wedding cake design ideas normally focus around the idea of layers so you could take advantage of this to allow the cake to tell a story or have a certain theme. For example, it could depict the story of your relationship, from meeting to proposal, with the story being depicted from bottom to the top layer where the wedding couple symbolizes your journey.

Likewise, a themed cake might depict your honeymoon destination or your shared interests. In both cases, the cake becomes more than just food and symbolizes the bond between you, meaning that cutting the cake has a significant role in the wedding.

Individualized cakes – If you’re really determined to break away from the wedding cake mold, and save yourself some money in the process, you could try asking the bridesmaids to make their favorite cake. You then just need a fancy cake stand on which to display all the cakes. This plan provides a wide selection for wedding guests to enjoy, as well as a wedding cake that made specifically for you with love and care.

Toppers

While the cake is the centerpiece of the food at your wedding, the topper will be the centerpiece of your cake. The traditional wedding cake design ideas for toppers are a faceless tuxedoed man and bride in white, but if you’re willing to plan ahead and pay a little more, you can get personalized wedding toppers of yourself in just about any pose you care to imagine.

You’ll need to take a series of pictures from all angles so that they can mold your body positions and faces as accurately as possible, but it will make for a fantastic focal point and a long lasting memory.

Finally, when you’re coming up with wedding cake design ideas, make sure that you set yourself a budget and plan the details of the cake ahead before you start the real designing and decorating.

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